The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-03 00:00:00

1 ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) LONDON. The Committee met to-day as usual at eleven o'clock, when Mr. George Thomson was called and examined by Mr. WRANGHAM. —Was in the employment of Mr. Croucher during the late election. Mr. J. H. Croucher was first clerk to his brother, and in his absence he took the management of the business. While they were proceeding with the proceedings for the election, the four candidates were often present, some. times together, sometimes separate. Mr. Croucher was present on every night but one, and sat always next Mr. Grote or Sir Mat thew Wood. Mr. Croucher sat as secretary, and signed papers as such. He and others connected in the business of the election, received their orders from Mr. Tijou, Mr. Croucher, and M. I. H. Croucher, and they were all charged. Witness had orders from Mr. Croucher to open letters. He supposed he had to open 1500 letters from persons asking for situations as clerks, messengers, &c. Mr. Croucher appointed upwards of 140 clerks in the first three days; there were 300 men employed altogether, who were paid by sometimes Mr. Croucher and other times by Mr. J. H. Croucher; it was quite impossi ble that the sitting Members could miss seeing Mr. Croucher employed as he had stated, as well as the clerks at work ; Mr. J. H. Croucher and Mr. Tijon gave orders to the printers and stationers; Mr. Grote, on the day of election, was in the press-room with Mr. Croucher casting up the returns made of the state of the poll every hour and having them printed ; his services were paid for by Mr. J. H. Croucher, in conse quence of orders from Mr. Croucher. There was no other person who engaged 300 clerks. Mr. Croucher gave all orders when he was pre sent, and they were always obeyed. He left Mr. Croucher's service in August. He went to Mr. Gregory in October--he is the agent for the petition. Cross.examined by Mr. RUSIITON—Mr. Croucher gave his orders generally in the morning, and any one respectably clad might get ad mission to the room and have heard him. In that promiscuous crowd he had seen Sir M. Wood, and there were orders given. When Mr. Croucher refused to pay some bills on account of extravagance, they appealed to the Reform Association, where the disputes were settled. After leaving Mr. Croucher he went into the service either of Mr. Parkes or his agent, Mr. Shillman, who was engaged in the scrutiny. He went into that employment on the IStli of October, and was only engaged a fortnight, but he considered that his engagement had not terminated yet. He went to Mr. Gre gory to ask him for employment, tolling him what he had been doing for the other side. He had never made any state_ went or undergone any examination till then. He told Mr. Gregory all he knew about the matter; in about a month after he went to him, he had been a sailor, and then became a coal-meter's man for some Years ; after the alteration in the coal market, hebecame a share broker, and a subscriber to the South Western Railway, for he believed twenty shares at 1001. each ; he did not pay any deposit ; he could not tell from whom he bought the shares or to whom he sold ; he did not remember whether he lead ever subscribed 5,0001. to the South Western Railway ; it was very likely he did subscribe that sum, no doubt, but he never received the Scrip he signed the deed for some one who wanted the 's share ; at the timele was worth five pounds, ten pounds, but the Counsel must not go much further. He would not swear whether he had signed any other deed. He really could not possibly say. He had Made at least twenty applications for shares. Some of them were dated from Leadenhall-street, not because it was a better address than his own. He had never paid a deposit upon any of these transactions. Ile did consider that he had been discharged by Mr. Shillman. He sent in a bill for forty days, at Gs. a day. He made reports. He wen t about to try if any one had been paid on the part of Mr. Palmer, but his search was totally ineffectual. He was engaged now in selling knives and forks, and other things, from Birmingham. Re-examined.—Mr. Croucher employed him after his dealings in shares. By the CHAIRMAN — He was employed forty days in trying to get evi dence against Palmer, but had a book for only a fortnight ; he was employed by Mr. Gregory at 21. He was engaged from nine to six o'clock; he had not been engaged in selling hardware since he had been with Mr. Gregory. Mr. Lake, the printer, was then called, and _stated that he had re ceived orders for the London election, through the Messrs. Croucher ; he did the work by their direction, and generally delivered it to Mr. J. H. Croucher. Cross-examined—He had been paid by a check drawn by Mr. Travers, who was the Chairman of the City of London Re form Association, for whom he (witness) had always considered he was working, and to whom he would have looked for payment. He had several orders from Mr. Tijon, who was Secretary to the Association, and when he received orders from Croucher, he considered it was by the authority of Mr. Tijon. By the COMMITTEE.—He executed the work on the responsibility of Mr, 'Prayers, who was Chairman of the Reform Club. Mr. Gooch was called, and was under examination when we left. TAUNTON. At a meeting of the Committee this morning, evidence was gone Into to show what constitutes a " potwaller" in the borough of Taun ton ; there being a difference of opinion on the subject, between the Contending parties ; the counsel for the sitting Member stating, in ad dition to his other qualifications, that a potwaller must have the means of cooking his own diet—the petitioners counsel that he must have aetualiy done so. After the arguments of counsel had been concluded, the roam was cleared. On our readmission the Chairman announced that the Committee had rejected both the statements which had been put in by Counsel, and agreed to a resolution which was to the following effect : " A potwaller in Taunton had an undoubted right to vote, if he hal but received parochial relief within twelve months; and the Committee considered a potwaller to be a householder or lodger having the control over his room, and a legal right to a fire at which he could boil his pot, and fluidic must have exercised that right within six months previous to the election." NEWCASTLE-UNDER.LYNE. The Committee met this morning at Eleven o'clock. Samuel Plant, a shoemaker, living at Newcastle, and a freeman of the borough, examined The witness stated that on Thursday, the day of the nomination, he went to the Castle Hotel with two friends, about nine o'clock at night. He saw Mr. Mason and Mr. Miller go into a room. He went to the room, which was a little open. We (Gallimore, Walls, and myself) heard Mr. Miller say he could not think why lie had b eenso ill treated on his canvass, being upbraided with w h a t had ~ 'eon left unpaid at the last election. Mr. Miller then asked Ma '°n what he had done with the nine hundred pounds which he had given him to carry on the election. Mr. Mason said he (Mr. Miller) must buy seven score freemen, which would cost him 7001. Mr. Miller said he would not lose his election for want of money, but he was sorry he had coalesced with De Horsey. We then went into the r oom. Mr. Miller threw himself on the bed, and Mr. Mason moved to V out of the room. I voted for Miller and De Horsey. lam a free_ m an. The polling is alphabetical. Any person who does not a nswer when Isis letter is voting, must go down to the bottom of the list. It was known when the polling came to the letter P who would t ' y in, and I voted on the winning side, because the custom always has b een, in Newcastle, to give a sovereign or two to each of the voters ailer the election. That has been done at all elections I can remember, LY the successful candidates. Mr. TALBOT, for the sitting Member, objected to evidence of general eorrnwon being given, which might affect the interests of his client. After some discussion, Mr, cocitunaN said he would put the question more directly. Witness--I received a sovereign front Ralph Mason and another after t he election. I saw other voters receive one. George Cliff, Thomas W elsh, George Cliff the younger, my father John Plant, and other, free men, received one sovereign each. They all voted on the winning side; Cross-examined—l mentioned what took place at the Castle Inn, the 5511 1 2 night, at the Globe, to several persons. It was at a meeting of L adnall's friends I mentioned it. I told it to Mr. Badnall yester `lay. I don't know the place I am living at in London. Several friends are living in the same house with me. I saw Gallimore there, who told me that he had been examined, and had told the truth. When I told the story to Mr. Badnall, Gallimore and Wall were pre- I was examined at the Stafford Assizes about a robbery of a Y°l. l . l g man named Twigg. I was examined on behalf of the prisoners t° Prove an alibi. Mr. CO;KUURN objected to such a line of examination, unless it could , followed up by proof that the witness had been convicted of perjury. Witness—On my oath I was not reprimanded by the Judge for the eviden ce I gave on that trial. I have been accused of felony, but it was wrongfully. They accused me of taking a sage_ tr ee out of a garden. I never toucl,ed it. I never paid any 4 ioney to get rid of the charge. Mr. Miller did not come out of the front 'clout, but came up stairs, when he went into the bed room. 1 sup. Posed he came up stairs, but I did not see him. The night I heard the "neetsation was the Saturday before the polling. I left the Castle Inn b efore ten o'clock. I asked Mr. Lester that night for money, but he !rave me none. I swear none of us said we would go against the party if they did not find us money. There were some people about the front tool n door, but I don't know how many. I heard Mr. Lester say he co uld not gi ve man ey, because he was an agent. I don't know whether Air. Miller heard him or not. At six o'clock on the morning of the P °ll , Mr. Wm. Mason said, " Sam, if you vote for Miller aad Dc Hor 'sys I will give you 41," I replied, " I won't take your word for it." Tit ',MUER submitted that the statement of the witness could no be received, inasmuch as no proof of agency had yet been given. QUEEN'S COUNTY. CLOSE OF THE INQUIRY. At the sitting of the Committee this morning, AusTrN, counsel for the petitioners, said after the decision of titre Committee yesterday, by which they had refused to open the re- Rtsi!'ry, his client (the Hon. Mr. Vesey) considered the result as place(' in such jeopardy, that he did not feel warranted in incurring the heavy expense which would be attendant upon a protracted investigation. He Would therefore withdraw from the investigation. The Committee then came to the resolution that the sitting Member (Mr. Fitzpatrick) was duly elected to serve in the present Parliament and that neither the petition nor the opposition thereto were frivolou, br vexatious. YOUGH A LL. At the sitting of the Committee, this morning, Mr. AUSTIN, for the 2it ting Member, applied that the vote of Mr. Pierce Power should be struck off the petitioner's poll, on the ground that since the voter's name " Put upon the register of freemen, he ceased to be a resident of the si crough, or within seven miles of the borough, of You g hal for more than twelve months before the election. Mr. Samuel Smith, of Cappaquin; in the county of Cork, stated, that more than twelve months before the last election, Mr. Power, in conse renee of family differences, came to reside with h im, intending at first nIY to stop for a few weeks, but afterwards took up his residence per t„, ently in witness's family, a nd paid for his board , &c. Ca pp a q uin is twe lve miles from Youghal. The vote was struck off; whereby the sitting Member was placed in 411. 4Jority of one. T he petitioner's Counsel then resumed their object ions, and succeeded °striking off the vote of Edmund Colbert from the sitting l'vlemler's 1) 11. which again placed the parties on a level. RIMLNAL COURT-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. (Before Baron PARKE.) T homas B a il e y, aged lid, was indicted for feloniously receiving 32lbs. Wei ght of th rown s ilk, the property of Edward Fellowes, knowing the same to h ave b een sto l en. I r• Sergeant A NDREWS shortly stated the case. The prosecutor wa s a '5 'lik broker residing in Broad-street in the city, and on the night' of th e 15 th January his warehouse was opened by skeleton keys, and a ,„' f " i ty of valuable silk of various descriptions stolen. On the 27th l a th e same month, a person of the name of Gilbert called on Mr. Fel b ' y es. and showed him some samples of tram and organaine silk, which e said had been °ff.:red to Lim for sale by the prisoner Bailey. These f a r t4l es were found to correspond with the silk which had been stolen _a'? 31 r. Fellowes, and on being informed by Silbert that the prisoner ;it to call o n hi m th e sa me day about the silk, he made an arrangement h him which led to his apprehension, and the discovery of the re_ a l , der o f the property i n hi s possess i on . William Fisher, warehouseman to the prosecutor, deponed that it i', sB :-' l5 duty t o a tt en d t o the warehouse in Broad-street. The silk was "14 in .4 room down stairs. To get to this room from the one above, P e rson 11 6 0 to pass through two doors, each of which was secured by Y strong Jocks. Witness always secured the doors of the Warehouse Did so previous to the night of the 15th January. He e n went h o m e , A nd about eight o'clock the same evening, 114) consequence of information which he rbeCived, returned to the ware_ w l t ' S e, and th e first person he saw was the housikeeper of the family, " 0 occupied the upper part of the premises. Witness found that the ds° " of the wa re h ou se and also of those leadi n g to the rooms beneath 41 b:een Opened apparently by skeleton ke y s. W itness then examined B Lik room, and found about f)46.11g. W eight of sin( taken. The pro ver ty stolen consisted of tram and organgipg Pil)i. The value of the whole amounted to between 700/. and 800/. The silk was in the state in which it usually came from the throwster. Peter Richardson, porter to the establishment of Mr. Fellowes, stated that on the evening in question he left everything secure in the ware house before going home. William Gilbert sworn.—Lives at No. 6, Fort street, Spitalfields Known the prisoner about six years. He acted as an agent to severa parties for the sale of silk. Does not know where prisoner resides. He came to witness about twelve o'clock on Saturday the 27th of January, and showed him some samples of tram silk, and some of organzine, which he offered him the first at 255. and the second at 265. per lb. Witness asked him "if the silk was all right ;" his reply was, " Oh yes or I should not have brought it here : it belongs to a man who is going to Macclesfield this evening, and who is in want of the money." He said that he had 321bs. of organzine and 521bs. of tram, but that he would not bring the tram until Monday. The organzine he would bring at three o'clock that day. Witness had heard of the robbery at Mr. Fellowes, and his suspicions were aroused by the fact of the samples corresponding with the description of the silk stolen from Mr. Fellowes which was given iu the investigation. Asked him if it was Mr. Fellowes' silk, and he replied in the negative. When the pri soner was going away, he asked witness " if the organzine w ere double in quantity to what he had originally stated, would it be any matter ?" Witness said not, as he could easily procure the money. This was all the conversation which passed between them. The prisoner then went away, saying that lie would call on witness at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon with the organzine. Witness returned home, at three o'clock, and found that the prisoner had been there and left the silk, but had left word lie would come back at half-past three. In the mean time witness went to his next-door neighbour, Mr. Fowler, who accompanied him to the house of Mr. Fellowes, to whom they showed the silk. They made an arrangement with him with respect to the ap prehension of the prisoner, and witness then returned home. The pri. soner came as he had appointed, at half-past three. He told witness that he had left a bag containing the silk in the kitchen. Witnels de sired him to bring it out and lay it on the counter, which lie did. Herds. field and another officer then came in and apprehended the prisoner. Identifies the silk produced as that which had been taken from the pri_ saner. Mr. BODKIN declined asking this witness any question. Eliza Farrington, Mr. Gilbert's housekeeper, deposed to the fact of the bag having been left with her by the prisoner. Thomas Theobalds, the City Marshall, stated that he went on Satur day the 27th of January to the house of Mr. Gilbert, in company with Herdsfield, observed the prisoner going into the house before them, and en their entrance he was standing at the counter with a black bag in his hand. In reply to questions put to him by witness, prisoner stated " that the bag contained silk, that he had received it that morning from Macclesfield by coach, a.l that it was all right." Wi neon asked him where it had been delivered and from whom he had received it. He said that it had been delivered at his own house, but evaded the other part of the question for some time. At length, however, he admitted that he had received it from a person named Ridgeway. Witness then took him into custody, and brought him to the Station house, where he searched him, found some silk upon his person and some cards with the direction, " Ridgeway, Foster-lane." Went subsequently to the prisoner's house in Eagle-street and searched it—found some silk in a cupboard and in a drawer, which he produces. While making the search, he heard a knock at the door, and a man came in, who, on being asked his name, stated it was Ridgeway. Took him into custody. There was a woman in the house who he understood to be the wife of the prisoner. He complained to Ridgway on his entrance that he was the cause of all this trouble. Thomas Hcrdsfield was next called, and corroberated the facts de. posed to by the last witness. Enoch Fenton stated that lie was a silk dealer in Fort-street, Spital. fields. Knows the prisoner. His residence is at 57, Eagle-street. Had a conversation with Mr. Gilbert on the 27th January, in consequence of which they went together to Mr. Feliwes's, and compared samples of silk which Mr. Gilbert brought with him with the stock in Mr. Fel lowes's warehouse, and found them to correspond exactly. Has seen the silk which was found in the Black Boy and in the prisoner's house, and has no doubt whatever that they are the same as that which he saw at Mr. Fellowes's. It was witness who pointed out Bailey's residence to the officers. Mr. FeHowes was then called, and identified the stolen silk as his property. Mr. BODKIN addressed the Jury in a very powerful speech on behalf of the prisoner, but did not call any witnesses. The Learned JUDGE recapitulated the evidence as great length, and after a few minutes' deliberation the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NEW COURT. Thomas Dester, a person of very respectable appearance and connec tions, was indicted for secreting, embezzling, and stealing the sums of 151. 55., and I/. 6s. 3d., which he had received on account of the Ma nagers of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, to whom he was a servant. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Ridgway, the Secretary, said he had nothing further to add than what was stated in the depositions. The prisoner had been his messen ger, and he received an excellent character with him. _ . The prisoner said that the Directors had informed him that they would intercede for him if lie pleaded guiity, and threw himself on the mercy of the Court. Mr. Ridgway said if any promise was made, it was that they would nct bring forward other and more serious charges against him. The RECORDER told the prisoner that his offence was a serious one, and the judgment of the Court was--that he be imprisoned in the House of Correction, and kept to hard labour, for one year. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the course of yesterday afternoon a notice was posted in the Stock Exchange, from Mr. Jaudon, to the following purport : " BONDS OF TIIE BANE OF TILE UNITED STATES. - Holders of the Bonds of the United States, due on the lot day of April next, are hereby informed that they may receive the amount, under a discount of 3 per cent. per annum for the expired time, ou presentation at the agency of the said Bank, No. 52, Old Bond street, between the hours of twelve and three o'clock. (Signed) " JAUDON." The above step, on the part of Mr. Jaadon, is attributed to his having more money in his hands than he can employ. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon were on the advance, owing to bills on the Continent being very plentiful. The rate on Paris advanced to 2.5 f. 90c. The lowering of the rate of discounts by the Bank of England con tinues to have an effect both on the funds and commercial affairs. Consols were during yesterday buoyant, and reached 93 % for the Account, closing firm at 931 ; Money, 931 to 931. Money continues abundant. The general opinion in the City is that Mr. Jaudon will not ex perience much trouble in discounting the Bonds of the Bank of the United States at 3 per Cent., as they are at present discounted by the bankers at 21- per cent. We this moment hear that the New York packet ship, of the 10th instant,; the Quebec, is off the Isle of Wight ; letters and papers not as yet received. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices, 93j 1 for the Account; Exchequer Bills, 63 prem. ; India Bonds, 61 63 ; Bank Stock shut; India Stock ditto. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 19f a with Coupons; Por tuguese, :27 , 1 to : ; Three per Cents., 184 f ; Colombian, i/} to i ; Mexican, 291 to i ; Dutch Two.and-a-Half per Cents., 53% i ; Bra. zilian, 751- to 76. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ... — India Stank — 3 per Cent. tted. 3 per Cant. Cons 3y4 per Cent — )01d _Annnities ... ...... ..... ... Ditto Red ......... ... -' New Ditto ..._., — New 354 pet Cent lOl 100 Y. 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent.. . .•• -- Exch. Bills, L1,0f5'.... 6l 63 pen Bank LongAnnuittestocanire Ditto .59 1 ,....... 61 ti 3 pin. Jan. 5, 1860 l5 7-16% Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1960 — Ditto Advertised... — —PM Jan. 5, 1:0) - Bank Stock for Account 207% 8 April ,5, 1880 Jays. ,-,, 187;!....... ..... .. ....... Consols for Account 4 : 3% t i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE t)'CLOCK Austrian Bonds . — Peruvian liondi. Belgian Bonds Ditto Account... 3razilian Bond, .. ...... .... ... 76 Ditto Account — Ditto Account _ Pitto New Bonito l77q Bacons Ayres Bonds . 2O Ditto Account Ditto Account ........ .......... Ditto, 3 per cent _ tillian Bonds ... Ditto Account . — Rui.gian Bonds, 18" 0 — Driumbian Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Account . — Ditto Metallic ....... ;ilumbian Bonds, 1821 29 IA !4 Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account 1) ni;ri Ponds ...... Ditto Accouct Greek 11en15....... ...... ... ........ French, 5 per cent....., Ditto Etoads, 1825 Ditto Account_.. . . 4 per cent. f. —c. 3 per cent.........., 0 . 7", Mexican Ronda, 5 p,r cent.... —-- Eichange 2sf. 50 Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 rer cent Neapolitan... .... . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ON O'CLOCK Pald. ('andonga Mining Company 10 Mineas Gereas Per Shar e , 8 9 Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company 15 1i2 1 4 Bristol and Exeter Railway Company lO 9% Commercial }Rockwall Railway Company 2 6% 6 Oublin and Kilkenny Railway Company ...... Eastern Counties Railway.— 3 33p ureat Western Railway Company 65 9-1 1 4 3% 24, Hull and Selby Railway Company lO 10 13 , iatiton Railway Company London and Blaekwall Railway London and Southampton Railway Company 5O ... 43 4% 3 .._._ __ ....way Company . London and Southampton (New) Railway 5 24% 5 4% 4 • z.r.chester and Birmingham Railway 7 12 11% Midland Counties Railway Company 2O 21% Northern and Eastern Railway Company York and North Midland Railway Company l2 14 General Stearn]Navigation Company COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C.F. 12 5% !Gibraltar .... . 43 ditto, at sight Rotterdam.... ............ 2U. 12 6 Genoa 26 15 Antwerp... Homburg. M.B. :3 14 Venice 46 A1t0na..... Paris, 3 days' :il:lit 25 70 Palermo per OZ. 117 Ditto 3 Mc. 25 95 Lisbon 53a..i Marseilles. Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M 154 Bahia 25 Petersbuigh, ruble '3 Us. 10 Buenos Ayres - Berlin Vienna, effective fl ,M.lO 12 Cork I% Trieste......ditto lO 13 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid 55 Portugal Gold, coin £.O 0 0 Cadiz.... Bilboa .... Bircelona 34 New Dollars ......... Seville 5-1 Silver, bars. standard O4ll yi PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, MARCH 1. 3 par Cent. Consols 92% Grand Canal I)ebs. 6 per cent. 91 I)itto Reduced •—• Ditto, 4 per cent. - 3% per Cent. Stock 23 09 l 4 Hibernian Bank Ditto Now, 1830 ..... .. ...... 100 City of Dublin Steam Company 109 3;<, per Cent. Debentures ..... 913 National Insurance Company — Bank Stock — City Debentures, 4 per cent.... -- Ballast Office Debentures,4 per RGran d oyal Canal canal Stock stoek 29 % cent HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. A private letter from New York, posted at the North and South American Coffee House, says that peace and tranquillity now prevails throughout the Provinces of Canada, therefore we may conclude that the rebellion has been entirely put down ; and the great dearth of in formation in the American papers received this morning, of the 10th ult., from the Canadas, corresponds with the above letter; but the commercial affairs of the United States appears to be even, by their own ce inNo confidence, Consols with a grea t wan t o f mone y, a sad were a total i,stte. business. stagnation in the early part of th e morning, houyant a ' a s well on tuas , s i , a n w a ha 933 1 / 2 for the the Account, have receded since the arrival of the American Packet to 931 1, DO doubt owing to the commercial affairs of the United States; Exchequer Bills, 61, 63; India Bonds, (i 3; Bank Stock, shut. In the Foreign Market scarce a bargain doing, with the exception in Spanish Active, which has a little improved, 191, with Coupons ; Portuguese, 27 ; M ex ican, 29 ; Peruvian, 21 ; C o l om bi an, 291 ; i Dutch Two-and-Half per Cent. 53f. Little doing in the Shares ; the prices much the game as yesterday. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 93A 1. Mr. Shell was declared duly elected at five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, E SUN, LONDON, SA' MARYLEBONE ELECTION. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. This day, of One o'ciock, having been appointed by the returning officer of the Brough, Mr. Alderman Lainson, for the official announce, moot of the Poll, long before that hour, vast crowds had collected round 013 hustings, in Portland Place. About half-past twelve o'clock, fir. Ewan accompanied by Mr. Hume and several others of his friends al, peared on the hustings, and was greeted with most enthusiastic cheering Colonel Thompson shortly afterwards arrived, and on coming forward was much cheered. Shortly before one o'clock, Lord Teign- mouth, preceded by a vast number of his friends, by whom he wa cnthusiastilly cheered, ar-ived at the hustings, and on coining forward he was met by loud uproar, which completely stifled the cheers of his friends. The procession of the Noble Lord up Portland-place was ac companied by large light blue banners, bearing among the rest the following inscriptions, in gold letters :—" Teign mouth ! The true Supporter of Charitable Institutions." The Queen the Constitution and Teignmouth for Marylebone." In the interim between the arrival of the different candidates on the hustings and the official announcement of the returning officer, jokes in no small abun dance were bandied about among the crowd. Among them were, Who sold Marylebonef Murphy and the Tories." " Ewart, if I were you, I should be ashamed of talking to Murphy." —(Great laughter.) " Murphy, your bowels are confounded bad I think."—(Laughter.)—" Murphy, has Lord Teignmouth ordered any coals from you lately ?" Amid those species of jokes Alderman L:dnson came forward and announced the state of the poll, which was as follows : Lord Teignmouth —(Cheers, hisses, and great confusion.) Wm. Ewart, Esq. —(Cheers.) na Colonel Thompson lB6 —(Cries of " Oh, oh," and some slight cheering.) lie (Mr. Alderman Lainson) consequently declared the election to have fallen on the Right Hon. Lord Teigninouth—(Cheers and gre..t ccnfusion)—who brd been duly elected to serve in the present Parliament for the Borough of Maryleboi.e. Lord TEIGNMOUTII then came forward to address the electors amid great confusion and clamour, which continued during the whole time the Noble Lord was addressing the electors, and rendered it almost im posibie to hear a single sentence that he uttered. We, however, un derstood him to say, that he returned his sincere thanks to the electors for the honour they had done him in elect ing him as their representative. When last he had the tumour of addressing the electors of Marylebon• he had declared that the result was a triumph, and the end of the present election was a con firmation of that statement. The electors of Marylebone had placed him in a proud position, because he had not been brought forward by any particular party, but by the general electors of the borough of Mary lebone,most important trust had been placed in his care. Flp was sent to l'arliament without pledges, for which he had thanked the electors. He could assure them that it would be his earnest endeavour to devote what little talent he had to the cause of the electors of Marylebone and to the country at large. He returned his best thanks to the friends who stood by him through two contests, and he could assure them in return for their kindness they might depend upon his fearlessly discharging his duty. With respect to his Hon. Competitors, though they ex changed some hard hits together, yet nothing personal had passed be tween them, and he was willing now to hold up to them his right hand of good - fellowship.—(Hear, hear, hear, and cheers.) Nobie Lord concluded, amidst immense uproar, by thanking them for the honour they had done him, and declaring that he would, to the lest of his ability, do his duty in the House of Commons. [Directly the Noble Lcrd had concluded, he shook hands with Colonel Thompson. The incident excited groans from the crowd. The Gallant Colonel also shook hands with Mr. Swart.] Mr. EwART then came forward, and was received with the most tremendous cheering, which lasted for a considerable time. It was Isis first duty, he said, to return his most gratoful thanks to the 3762 freemen who had espoused his cause.—(Loud cheers.) He felt that their support justified him for having come forward and en couraged by their favour he was consoled under a defeat in which there was no dishonour.—(Great cheering.) On this occasion there had not only been the open hostility of the Tories, but there had been insidious designs on the Liberal entrenchments.—(Renewed cheers.) He was astonished that he, as liberal and independent a man as ever went to the House of Commons, should have been charged with being o.:ly a Whig, and that former Members of the House had made this charge, men who must have known that he was much more Liberal than a Whig—men, who voted with him on many occasions, and of whom he would say no more than that they were the Murphys of the House of Commons.—(Loud cheers.) He (Mr. Ewart) had divided the House against the Whig Government upon the question of capital punishments, which he wished to be totally abolished, except in cases of murder, and he was beaten only by a majority of one.—(Loud cheers.) He opposed the Whig Government in all their Canadian reso lutions, thinking it much better to conciliate than to coerce. Mr. Murphy had said that he was in favour of the finality of the Reform gill, whereas he had published a pamphlet expressly against it, and al most in his first speech upon the opening of the Session, he had ex pressed the same opinion.—(Cheers.) He had been the first man to bring forward the Repeal of Primogeniture in the House of Com mons.—(Hear.) He had twice done so, and had been twice de feated by the Whigs combined with the Tories.—(Loud cheers) yet he had been called a W hig—he hoped not by Colonel Thompson.— (Cheers.)—[Just at this moment a person in the crowd held up a small wooden gallows by which was suspended a large potatoe, intimating, we suppose, Mr. Murphy. The incident created roars of laughter, and many amusing cries, such as " Cook the Murphy"—" Roast him," &c.] Colonel Thompson would not make the assertion that he was a Whig, without a blush, but he confessed he believed Mr. Murphy could-- (Cheers.) He would bestow on Mr. Murphy the pre-eminence of being the first person who had invented a new qualification for Members of Parliament. Mr. Murphy had recommended them, not indeed to look at the political conduct and opinions of a man, but, before they pro ceeded to choose him, to examine his perecranium.—(Laughter.) Whatever novelties had been introduced into the system of elections, this, he thought, was the most novel, and Mr. Murphy might henceferth be hailed as the first person who had introduced the system of phreno. logical election.—(Renewed laughter.) He (Mr. E.) would not attempt to imitate him in his impartial personal abuse of every one except him. self. His denunciations had been liberally impartial on all parties ex cept hls own, and considering the liberality and impartiality of those denunciations, he hoped Mr. Murphy would allow him to bestow on him the title of the Demosthenes of vituperated eloquence.—(Laughter.) He begged most respectfully, as a tribute of respect, to propose for Mr. Murphy's phrenological head (" a crown of thorns"), the choicest gar land that could be culled from the neighbourhood of Billingsgate.— (Groans, laughter, and cheering.) He (Mr. Ewart) liked to see elo. quence remarked. In ancient times they had civic crowns and inure' crowns, and he proposed for an eloquent roan of modern days a most appropriate garland from the most apt locality. —(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) He had now done with this. Unassailed he would never have uttered an allusion to persons—h e trusted he was above it. If they consu'ted the divisions of the House of Commons, they would find he had always been their friend ; they would find he had been, not the friend of the wealthy man, but the friend of the poor man—that he had been the friend of education—the riend of protection to the poor, and that he was one of the most earnest advocates for the mitigation of the dentence on the Dorchester labourers. --(Hear.) They had been djeated at this election partly from the power of their enemies, and partly from insidiousness and design. He trusted they would take care tbr the future, both of their open enemies and their dangerous allies.—(Cheers and cries of 'we will, we will.) He trusted the Borough would emancipate itself, alike, from the superior controul of toryism, and from the dangerous machinations of a faction, who had dared to dictate to a community so vast and enlightened as the inhabitants of ➢farylebone.—(Cheers.) He trusted they would res cue from their hands, the Standard of Marylebone independence, and that they would not allow it to be trampled on or to be contatni- nated by a heterogeneous mixture of Tories and of Tory Radicals.— (Loud eheering)—but that they would rise superior to the blow which had been aimed at their freedom, and he would now leave them with these exhorting words—union, :organisation, and independence. The Hon. Gentleman then retired amidst enthusiastic cheers. Col. THOMPSON presented himself, but in consequence of the groans and hoot:ngs, was unable to proceed. In the midst of the confusion Lord Teignmouth, on horseback, attended by his Tory followers, forced his way through the immense crowd assembled in front of the hustings, buffeting with his hat every poor unfortunate being who, unconscious of his Lordship's approach, obstructed his progress down Portland.place. This was the signal for renewed confusion; but after Lord Teignmouth and his clique were out of sight, order was in some degree restored. Colonel THOMPSON then proceeded to address the electors. He was a good leader who defended his post—Misses, and loud cries of V " Who sold the borough ?") He had no more inclina tion to speak than they to hear.—(Groaning, and loud cries of" Go home with your 186—you Tory Radical ") He thanked the small but determined number who on this occasion had stood by him.— (Laughter) " Tho fewer men the greater share of honour.".—(Re flowed laughter.) They had given the example how an ill-treated minority ought to protect itself, which he hoped would be followed elsewhere, and everywhere. He had made every sacrifice for the sake of party purposes and party union. —(Groans and hisses.) What was the majority en the late election ? Why, some 600. What was the minority on the present ? Why, some 400.—(Cries of " Send Murphy to Canada ; it's bins that sold Marylebone.") He would ven ture to say the Radical cause would still be righted in Marylebone, in spite of the attempt made by the Whigs. Was it not right, he would ask, that those who had committed the breach of faith they had, should be punished as they had been ?—(Cries of " No, no.) He, (Colonel Thompson) said yes, yes. Four times had he sacrificed himself for the cause of the Whigs, and now they came behind his back and attacked liim.—(Cries of " You harent half a chance : you had better go home.") The Whigs should hear more of this. He never would content him self till he had procured for the Radical electors of Marylebone their fair share in the representation. His competitor had suddenly become a polished arrow in the quiver of the Whigs.—(Cries of " Come, that's enough—you're a Tory Radical.) He trusted that the electors of Marylebone.—(Confusion and uproar.) Not you (continued the Gallant Colonel, pointing to the crowd) you are all very honest men, Ildare say that you have been a little misled and mistaken —(Who sold Marylebone Ile would now retire, with merely stating, that if any present were con tent with what they had done, be was also. The Gallant Colonel con cluded, as he had begun, amid great confusion. Mr. MURPHY, on making his appearance, was assailed with volleys of groans and yells, with exclamations such as "Tory Radical "—" Who sold the Borough ?" On attempting to speak, he was assailed with similar exclamations, and for several minutes he was totally inaudible. At length dirt, pebbles, stones, and other missiles were hurled towards him. As well as we could catch he spoke nearly as follows :—The borough has been rescued from the control of the Whigs. If the Radicals did not succeed in returning their own man, the Whigs should not, and the Radicals of last would succeed. Whenever the Whigs endeavoured to control the Electors of Marylebone, the Radicals would be ready with their own Member to secure the independence of the borough. if the borough was to be sold, let it be sold to an open and avowed enemy, not to a dark, nasty, dirty faction as the Whigs were.—(Hear, hear.) Pointing to the gallows, which we have before alluded to, he said that is what the Whigs would have done, if they could, with the Dorchester labourers. (A voice in the crowd. " You ought to be served so."—Laughter, cheers, and great uproor, which totally prevented Mr. Murphy from proceeding. Ile finished by saying—" let us have three cheers for the Radicals," but, alas ! very few answered the invocation, and their feeble voices were drowned in the general burst of execration which assailed him as he quitted, the hustings. Mr. Dreg moved a vote of thanks to the returning officer, to be given in the good old English style, of three hearty cheers. Mr DANIELL seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. Alderman LAINSON returned thanks, and the crowd were about leaving the hustings when they discovered Mr. HALL, M.P., standing on the balcony of the corner house oppo site. They immediately saluted him with loud cheers, and called upon him to address them. He accordingly ascended the hust ings, am?, made a brief address, in which he said— He had carefully abstained from interfering directly or indirectly in the election, thinking it proper that the electors shoul.l exercise their unbiased judgment.—(Cheers.) He was, however, sincerely sorry that the borough would now be in effect disfranchised, as his vote would be negatived by that of the Noble Lord, who had just been returned.—(Cheers.) He had heard that some persons, calling themselves Ultra-Radicals, had voted for the Cory Candidate. If that were true—(Ciies of "It is, it is") — it is worthy of condemnation. —(Loud cheers.) For himself, his best efforts wc,uld still be devoted to the service of his Constituents. — (Loud cheers.) The crowd then dispersed. URDAY, MARCH 3, 1838. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yes terday. The Royal dinner party last evening at the New Palace included the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount and Viscountess llowick, the Marquis of Headfort, and the Right Hon. C. Poulett Thomson. The band cf the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards e in attendance at the palace during the evening. The Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, and Prince George of Cambridge, visited her Majesty, the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and Prince George of Cam bridge, visited the Princess Augusta yesterday, at her resi dence in St. James's Palace. The Lord Advocate of Scotland transacted business at the Board of Trade yesterday. The Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Sir Matthew Wood, some of the Aldermen, and a Deputation of the Common Council of the City of London, had an interview with Lord John Rus sell, yesterday, at the Home Office. Mr. G. Smith and Mr. Lambton had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Right Hon. T. Greville entertained the Marquis and Marchioness of Chandos, Earl of Devon, Lord and Lady 13raybrooke, Lord John Fitzroy, and a select party at dinner yesterday, at his residence in Cleveland-square. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Clarendon, in South Audley-street, from his seat, Grove Park, Watford, Herts ; Lady Arbuthnot, in Ches ter-street, from Brighton ; Mr. MacDonneil, at Mivart's Ho tel, Brook-street, from a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness Londonderry, at Wynyard Park ; the Hon. Major and Mrs Capel, in Brook-street, from Brighton ; Colonel Arnold, from Cheltenham; the Hon. H. Pechell, in Hill-street, from Nor folk ; Viscount Beresford, in Cavendish-square, from his seat, Besborough, in Kent ; the Duke of Wellington, at Apsley House, from Strathfieldsaye, from entertaining Lord Denman and the Judges on the western circuit ; Sir Loftus and Lady Otway, in Park-crescent, from Brighton ; Lord Curzon, in South Audley- street, from St. Leonard's; the Baroness Wen man, from Sussex ; Mrs. Llewellyn, at Everall's (late Gor don's) Hotel, from France ; Sir Oswald and Lady Mosley and family, in Portland-place, from their seat in Staffordshire ; R. Ferguson, Esq., M. P., in Portman-square, from Scot land; Sir George Caylcy, Bart., and Lady Cayley, at Grove's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from The High Hall, Brompton, Yorkshire ; the Misses Caylcy, at ditto, from ditto ; Sir Archibald and Lady Maclaine, at their residence, in Glouces ter-place, Portman-square ; the Earl and Countess of Brown low, in Belgrave-square, from a visit to the Queen Dowager, at St. Leonard's ; Lady Harriet Garnier, in Grafton -street, from Cheltenham ; Sir Hussey Vivian, in Pall-mall, from Bath ; the Marquis of Granby, at the Carlton Hotel, Re gent-street, from Leicestershire ; Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart., M. P , at ditto, from his seat, in Flintshire ; Lord and Lady Newark, in Portman-square, from St. Leonard ; Sir Wil liam Heathcote, Batt., M. P., from Winchester; Mr. and Mrs. Alexander, in Carlton House -terrace, from Leamington Spa; the Rev. John and Mrs. Peel, at Mivart's Ilotel, Brooke street, from their scat, Warsley Hall, near Stourport ; Lady Harriet Clive and the Misses Clive, in I3eikeley-square, from Leamington, Warwickshire ; Lord Dudley Stuart, on Wilton ,resent, from Portsmouth ; Mr. Vernon and Lady Elizabeth Harcourt, in Hanover-square, from their scat, Nuneham Park, Clifton, Oxfordshire ; Lord Frederick Gordon, at Burlington House, from a visit to Lady Catherine Cavendish, at Lati roers, Bucks ; Viscount Villiers, in Berkeley-square, from Middleton Hall, Oxfordshire; Mr. 0. Vivenash, at Mivart's Hotel, Brooke -street, from Madras ; Mr. Hubert Galton, at ditto, front Worthing; Captain H. Eden, R. N., at 19, Charles street, St. James's ; Lord Saye and Sete, in Grosvenor-street, from Broughton Castle; Earl Compton, in Burlington-street, from Castle Ashby ; the Bishop of Salisbury, at Warren's Hotel ; Lady Frederick Fitzclarence, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond -street, from Etal House ; the Hon. Francis Baring, in Chesterfield -street, from Paris ; Lord Adare, from Dunraven Castle ; Mr. George Vivian, in Albemarle-street, from a tour; Colonel and Mrs. Joddrell, in Bryanstou-street ; Lieutenant-Colonel Clive, in Grafton-street; Mr. Round, NI. P., from Essex ; the Countess and Lady Wilhelmina Stan hope, in Dover-street; Lady Laura Fitzroy, at the Duke of Grafton's, in Clarges-street. DEPARTURES. Sir Henry Keating, for Cheltenham ; Lord Berners from Conduit-street, for Bath ; the Earl of Chesterfield, from Ches terfield House, South Audley-street, for Melton Mowbray ; Mr. Henry Aston, from Mivart's Hotel, from Badminton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort ; Sir Frederick Johnstone, Bart., M. P., from Sackville-street, for his seat, Raehills, Dumfries; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley Paget, for Hampton Court ; the Earl of Howth, from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his hunting lodge at Melton; Lord Thanet, for Paris ; Lord Carteret, for Hornes Place, Bedfordshire ; the Lev. Rord and Lady Wriothsley Russell, from Belgrave-square, for Chenies Rectory ; Lord Acheson, for Worlingliam Hall ; Lord Boringdon, for Saltram, Devon shire; Lord and Lady Molyneux, from Mason's Hotel, St. James's street, for Croxteth Park, Lancashire; Colonel and Mrs. Christie, for Cheltenham ; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stewart, on a tour ; Lord Mansfield, for Caen-wood, Hampstead; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Montague, from the Green Park Hotel, Piccadilly, for Brussels; Rev. John Ord, Mrs. Ord, and family, from Everall's (late Gordon's) Hotel, for Lord Bolton's seat, Hackwood Park, nearßasing_ stoke ; William Hughes, Esq., from do., for Worcestershire ; Lord Curzon, from South Audley-street, for St. Leonard's ; the Earl of Liverpool, from Fife House, for his seat, Buck stead-place, Uckfield ; the Hon. Augusta Jocelyn, from Carlton Gardens, for Bath ; the Earl of Chichester, from Portman-square, for his seat, Stanmore-park, near Lewes ; Lord and Lady Molyneux, from St. James's -street, for their seat, in Lancashire ;, Sir John Molyneux, for Cheltenham. CHANGES. The Duke of Richmond, at St. Leonard's, from a visit to Mr. and Lady Jane Peel, at Brighton ; Lord and Lady Suffield, and the Hon. Alfred Harbord, at Leamingtoß, from their scat, Gunton Hall, Norfolk ; the Hon. Ch amp i on Dy moke, at Dover, from his seat, ScrivFlsby, Lincolnshire ; Lady Munro, in Warwickshire, from Brighton ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, and Lord Seaham, at Wynyard Park, from Sealiam Hall, Sutherland ; Lady Isabella Blach ford, at Osbourne House, Isle of Wight, from Cheltenham ; Sir George Seymour, in Essex, from Cowes Lord Ward, at Himley Hall, his scat, near Dudley, from Leamington Spa. MOSCHELES' SOIREES. Mr. Moscheles' Third Soiree of Classical Piano-forte mu sic, was held last night at the Hanover-square Rooms. The large concert room was reduced in its dimensions for the occa sion,pbleanceehde benches n thewer were centre, b y noon meansan elevated vated platform. inconveniently by a temporary partition, and the.instrument atwhich Mr. auditory crowded, a very considerable . assembled, considering A.l° scl Although lel the high rate of the subscription, and that the conceit, at particularly good of it, with on least what was _. e exception, the was limited to Piano -forte playing. A very large Septett," • a large proportion audience consisted of ladies . The perfor mancesproportion of d with a Prelude and Filmic of Sebastian commence le st the , i E m ajor; and an Allegro, Adagio, and Fugue in F Bach, in C major; a Prelude and Fugue of ? the same Com poser in mentioned . were played 'great talents , we did not like version of major, of Handel. Perhaps, we are too fastidious, but with all Mr. Moscheles ~ his t ' a f s l t i e a t and the pieces of this eminent professor conveyed to our ears with extraordinary singular_ skill is not to be denied, characteristic idea of Bach and Handel. He was, so to no voluble, and played too much ad libi a T o t in. h speak, two "of Ilaydn, • was given by Miss Wood spirit's Song, deal of the old masters. good ham, with a .. good effects in those portions of the composition which but the playing g ave her an opportunity to di sp l ay the fine quality of tone of the lover part of her voice; but her up per notes are neither very agreeable nor well in tune, and she has some defect in her delivery, approximating to a lisp. We should state that Miss Woodham's song and the other vocal music was delightfully accompanied by Sir George Smart. Beethoven's concertante variations to " See the Conquering Hero conies," were played by Mr. Moscheles and Mr. Lindley. The piece is merely pretty, and will not rank of the higher efforts of the great master whose name is at tached to it. It is neither not calculated to show off the violoncello, or we have heard Lindley play much better, for his instrument sounded to our ears thin and scratchy in the rapid variations. " L'Addio" was sung with a good deal of taste by Miss Dolby, and she made more of the air than we should have supposed the thin quality of her voice would have permitted. The first part of the concert concluded with \Voelfl's " Sonata impassionata," which was splendidly played by Mr. Moscheles, particularly the extremely whimsical last movement. The second part, according to the programme, was to have com menced with Hummel's " Septetto," but in consequence of the non-arrival of some of the performers, it was deferred to the conclusion of the concert. Mr. Moscheles, therefore, com menced with Weber's " Moment° capriccioso," which he played in a most superb style, and which, short as it was, proved in our opinion the gem of the concert, as far a s mere piano -forte playing was concerned. Purcell's ~ Thy genius, lo !" by Mr. Bradbury, was a flat affair, and the credit of both singer and composer would have I been best consulted by its omission. Walinisly's glee, " I wish to tune," was sung in a style so utterly vulgar and in efficient, that in pure mercy we shall refrain from mentioning the names of the gentlemen who took part in it. The next N iece was " Characteristic studies, ' Wrath,' Reconciliation,' and ' Contradiction,'" Mr Moschele's own composition. Of these " Contradiction" was the only movement in which the composer had succeeded in conveying a notion of his meaning, and even that, without the aid of the interpreter, might not have been taken in the sense intended. The playing, how ever, was beautiful, combining rare taste with facile and brilliant execution. By far the best thing of the evening was Hummel's Septetto, with which the concert concluded, piano forte, flute, oboe, horn, tenor, and double-bass, by Messrs. Moscheles, Sedlatzek, Barret, Puzzi, Lyon, Lindley, and Anfossi The playing of Signor Puzzi, and of M. Barret, was the most beautiful that could be imagined, and high as those two eminent performers stood in our estimation, we en tertain a still higher opinion of their respective abilities after this superb exhibition. The other performers all played exquisitely well, and as a whole the performance was one of the ,most gratifying we heard. The second movement was repeated at the unanimously expressed wish of the audience. We have already mentioned that the soirée was fashionably attended, to which we may add that the Duke of Cambridge 1 honoured it w i t h hi s presence, an d severa l t i mes in the course the evening expressed his gratification. PRIVATE BUSINESS OF PARLIA- MENT.-(YESTERDAY.) (Cont'nued from our First E Ihion.) NOTTING-HILL FOOTWAY. Mr. Brathwaite's evidence continued.—He certainly pre fers a path across fields to the turnpike road. If this foot path were stopped up, the public must choose between the turnpike road and a path by the Potteries, making at least a mile difference in distance. The Hippodrome road is alto gether preferable. People who want recreation, too, would prefer the footpath over Notting-Hill. The in habitants of Chelsea, Hammersmith, Kensington, &c., in going to the Railway, would not be accommodated by such footpath; but on the contrary, it would be about two miles out of their way. The footpath by Wood's-lane is generally inconvenient from its swampy nature. The footpath over Notting- Hill is at least twenty feet higher, yet witness was nearly up to his knees, figuratively speaking—( Loud laughter)—whilst crossing the footpath four years ago. The footpath by Portobello-lane is better, as witness in cross ing it a short time ago did not get mud quite over his shoes. But the witness admitted afterwards that the path over the hill of the Hippodrome was comparatively passable. SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS, No, 2. Mr. BARING in the Chair. Blackburn Gas.—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved. Unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. Ramsgate Improvement ( No. 2. )—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved. Unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. Fleetwood Tontine.—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved. Unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. Balmore Road.—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved. Unopposed ; but it not appearing to the Committee that the declaration lodged by the Commissioners of the road, in lieu of a subscription contract, according to the Standing Ord( r, No. 8, page 18, was sufficiently explicit, some discussion arose • but subsequently the Committee decided that the Standing Orders had been complied with. Rochester Bridge.—Petition for Bill read, Notices proved, unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. Anderton Carrying Company—Petition for Bill read. The Committee decided that the Standing Orders did not apply to this Bill. Islington (Angel-place) Buildings—Petition for Bill read— the Committee decided that, in this case also, the Stand ing Orders did not apply. Moy Navigation.—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved; but it not appearing to the Committee that the proper sub scription interest, or a declaration in lieu thereof, had been made, as to funds, accordinc , to the Standing Order No. 8, page 18, they decided that the Standing Orders had not been complied with. Nottingham Fields Inclosure.—Petition for Bill read. No tices proved. Unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. Edinburgh Courts of Justice.—This was a petition for leave to extend the time for giving notices, in a Bill to stop a right of way through a public street, called the Royal Lane or Bank Close, in the City of Edinburgh, in order to facilitate certain contemplated improvements in and about the buildings of Parliament-square, and the Courts of Justice. Considerable discussion arose in the Committee as to whether this was a public or private Bill. The Speaker had sent the petition before the Committee, appearing to have considered the Bill as a private Bill, quoad hoc the notices. A petition was then read from Patrick Niell and William Fraser, proprietors of houses, and in trade, in the street sought to be stopped up, against the Bill, as injurious to their pro perty and interests. After a lengthened discussion as to whether the Bill were to be considered a private or a public one, the Committee decided that as the Bill was originally considered a public Bill, but as the Speaker considered it (quoad hoc the notices) a private Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com plied with. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (Continuel from our First Edition of yesterday.) NEWCASTLE-UNDEM,YME ELECTION. The Committee met yesterday at two o'clock, Lord EBRINO TON in the Chair. The petition of Richard Badnall, of Cotton Hall, Stafford shire, the unsuccessful candidate at the last election, was read. It alleged threats and intimidation on the part of the sitting Member, William Henry Miller, and prayed that his election might be declared void. Counsel for the petitioner, Messrs. Austin, Colburne, and Palmer ; and fur the sitting Member, Messrs. Thessiger, Wordsworth, and Talbot. Mr. COLBURNE, in the absence of Mr. Austin, stated the' case. The questions the Committee would have to decide were bribery and treating merely, and he apprehended that they would have a clear case to establish before the Com mittee. The election took place on the 23d of July last, and there were three candidates, for whom the numbers were as follow at the close of the poll :—For Mr. De Horsey, 667 ; for Mr. Miller, 633 ; and for Mr. Badnall, the petitioner, 292. Theobject of the petitioner was to unseat Mr. Miller, leaving the election of Mr. De Horsey untouched. He would be able, he trusted, to prove that not only were acts of bribery com mitted by the agents of Mr. Miller, but by Mr. Miller him self. If these facts were proved, there could be no doubt that the sitting member must be unseated. The Committee might be perhaps called upon to report specially upon the corrupt state of the representation of Newcastle, for although it might not all be proved in connexion with the sitting member, he would be able to show that bribery to a vast amount was carried on during the last election. It was rather a singular fact, that Mr. Badnall polled a majority of IN. house holders at the last election ; but the freemen (among whom bribery so extensively prevailed) were brought to bear against him, and outvoted him. There was an alle gation in the petition, that a number of fraudulent votes had been given to the sitting Member at the last election, and the petitioner claimed to be seated in his place. The majority for the sitting Member was however so large, al though obtained in the way he had stated, that the petitioner would not undertake the great expense of striking oil' these fictitious votes, and he had therefore decided not to go into the scrutiny of votes. That part of the petition would there fore be abandoned, and they would confine themselves to the charges of bribery and treating. Mr. WARD, the returning officer, was then called in and examined. He knew Mr. Mason, an extensive tradesman of Newcastle. He took an active part at the election on behalf of the sitting Member, Mr. Miller. There were three or four booths, for which be believed deputies were appointed. The poll-books were delivered to the Town Clerk. The books were brought to the poll clerks from the different booths to the Town Hall. After the numbers had been declared, the books were given to the town-clerk, and I have not seen them since. Mr. Miller was in the habit of taking an active part at former elections. Mr. Mil ler called upon me a 'at the last election. Ho was accompanied by some person, but I don't recollect who it was. By Mr. PHILLIPS.—I saw no act of Mr. Mason that led me to think he was an agent of Mr. Miller. _ _ By the CIIAIRMAN.-Mr. Mason was certainly an active friend of Mr. Miller. . Thomas Fenton—l:am town clerk of the borough of New castle. I received from the Returning Officer the poll-books after the election. They are in the same state, and have been in my custody ever since. One copy of the poll-books has been taken to be printed. YOUGHAL. The Committee then decided that the vote should be struck off, thereby placing the petitioners and the sitting Member again on a level. The vote of Patrick Clarke was also decided to be good ; after which the Committee adjourned. BELFAST. The evidence and speeches of Counsel occupied the Com mittee the whole day. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS was addressing the Committee in support of the objection, when it was announced that Mr. Speaker was at prayers. MARYLEBON E ELECTION. The Election finally closed yesterday at four o'clock. In con sequence of the insane conduct of some persons calling them selves Reformers, the matter has ended in the return of a Tory for this important borough. It was expected that the candidates would have addressed the electors from the hustings, but probably in consequence of the state of the weather, the public were disappointed. Mr. EWART, however, addressed his friends in his Central Committee-room; but in consequence of the severe illness of one of the inmates of the house, he confined himself to the ex pression of his feelings of thankfulness to those electors who bad honestly kept their promise, and voted according to their promise. He was quite convinced that bad all come up to the poll who promised him their votes, he would have stood at the head of the poll, notwithstanding the very singular conduct of a party—a very small party in the Borough who called themselves Reformers.—( Cheers.) He would leave it to the decision of the inhabitants of that important and hitherto influential Borough, to say whether from their con duct on that occasion they were even entitled to the name. He cordially thanked all those who had so zealously engaged in the service of the great cause of Reform, and he trusted that, upon the next occasion, all those who claimed to have a title to the honoured name of Reformer, would be more united than unfortunately they had been that day. According to his Committee the numbers at the close of the poll were— Teignmouth 4179 Evart Thompson 2ll The worthy candidate was loudly cheered, on his departure, by the multitude who had assembled outside. SHOPLIFTING.—Three sisters, daughters of a man at Edithweston, and all married women, were examined at the Town-hall in Stamford on Monday and Tuesday last. It seemed that the three women, residing in parishes s e ve ra l miles apart, and have long been in the habit of meeting at Stamford on market days, and, dressed in large cloaks, going together to drapers' shops, and stealing whatever articles they could secret amongst them. The practice was, after stealing goods, to go together to a public convenience wader the market portico, and there to make a division of them, each sister taking a share, or selecting articles of most use to her. The scene at the Town.hall on Tuesday night, when the women ascertained that each had separately made a confes sion implication the others, can hardly be conceived. Each attributed to the ill counsel of her sister her own criminality, and one laid her melancholy situation to the want of care of her educating and habits by a dissolute father. They were all committed to gaol for trial at the Quarter Sessions in April. Besides drapery goods, stolen shoes, ironmongery, and other articles, were found on executing the search warrants. —Lincoln Gazelle. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OP COMMONS, .211iRmr 2. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. CITY OF DURHAM ELECTION. Mr. Sergeant BALL brought up the Report of the Com mi.tee appointed to try the merits of the Durham Election Petition, which stated that William Charles Harland, Esq., was duly elected to serve in Parliament fur the said City, and that neither the petition of Thomas Granger, nor the op position to it was frivolous or vexatious. DUTY ON MARINE INSURANCES. Mr. CRAWFORD presented petitions from London, Bangor, Carnarvon, and Barnstaple, praying for a reduction of the duty o n M ar i ne Insurances. The Hon. Member stated that the petition ft om London was signed by 713 merchants, traders, underwriters, and other persons en ;aged in commerce. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. Mr. WINNINGTON presented a petition from Bewdley, praying for the immediate abolition of Negro Apprenticeship; also a petition from the same place in favour of Vote by Ballot. Mr. HASTINGS presented petitions praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws and the reduction of the duty on Raw Cotton. but from what place we could not catch. Mr. RICE presented a petition from certain magistrates of East Kent, complaining of the operation of the new Poor law. The Hon. Member gave notice that he would, after Easter, call the attention of the House to th:s subject. Mr. CAYLEY presented a number of petitions from places in Wales, praying for the immediate abolition of Negro Ap prenticeship ; also a petition from Abergavenny against the Rating of Tenements Bill. Mr. PEASE presented a petition from Bath, praying the House to adopt measures to secure the abolition of the Negro apprenticeship system. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the mayor, burgesses, and aldermen of Stockton. upon- Tees to the same effect. Sir R. BATESON presented a petition from a parish in Down against the introduction of poor-laws into Ireland. Mr. FERGU S SON presented a petition from Kirkaldy, praying that the Commercial Advertiser might be put upon the same footing as Lloyd's List. Mr. PA CK L presented a petition from Leistershire against the new Poor-laws. REFORM OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. LEADER presented a petition from Tiverton, pray ing for further Refcrm of Rarliament. PLURALITIES. Mr. PL MITRE presented a petition from Derby, pray ing that until the Pluralities Bill shall have passed, the creation of pluralities in tho Church may be disallowed. NEGRO EMANCIPATION. Lord EBRINGTON presented a petition from Okehamp. ton, in Devon, praying for the immediate emancipation of the negroes in our colonies. Also a petition to the same effect, from the Baptist and Independent congregations of Reading. Sir G. WOOD presented a petition to the same effect from several places in West Moreland. SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL presented a petition from his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Hamil ton, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir M. Shee, and others, trus tees of Sir J. Soane's Museum, stating that it was the wish of the testator, that this Museum should be a separate establi,hrnent in the British Museum, and that they had exerted themselves to carry into effect that wish ; that it had always been open to the public ; and that they had endeavoured to make it the source of as much entertainment to the public as possible. They further stated that they were informed a plan had been started to partition—to destroy this establish ment, and to send part of it to the British Museum, and part to the National Gallery. They thought this would be unjust to the memory and declared intentions of the testator, that it would have the effect of counteracting and defeating the ob. ject which lie had in view, and would deter others from fol lowing his philanthropic example, and they prayed that no Bill with that object might pass into a law. LAND TAX. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from Exeter, for the equalization of the land-tax, stating that it frequently varied from 3s. in the pound to the fraction of a farthing. ROXBURGII ELECTION. Mr. PRINGLE moved that the whole of the proceedings before the Roxburgh Election Committee should be printed with the Votes. His reason for adopting this course was, that the minutes of the evidence only had been printed. The LORD ADVOCATE considered that some notice was necessary before the Hon. Member made the motion which he was now bringing forward. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that if all that the lion. Gentleman required was the resolution of the Com mittee and the evidence, he should offer no objection ; but if the whole of the speeches, and all that had taken place before the Committee was to be printed, he must object to it as useless waste of the public money. After sonic observations from Mr. PRINGLE and other Members, it was agreed that the whole proceedings should be printed. REDUKTION OF POSTAGE. Mr. WALL ACE presented petitions from Tynemouth, Oxford, Dawlish, Holt, and the subscribers to the Mechanics' and Apprentices' Library at Liverpool, praying for areduction of postage upon letters. Mr. C. BULLER presented a petition from Leek, in Staffordshire, for the abolition of the Negro apprenticeship system. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented petitions from different pacts of Ireland against the Irish Poor Law Bill. SLAVERY. Captain PE CHE L L said, as the House bad always ex tendi_d its indulgence to Members who had any explanation to make, he would take the opportunity of stating that in reference to what he had said last night in defence of his brother officers, lie had received a letter from a Noble, eloquent, and Learned Lord this day. With respect to the speech of the Noble and Learned Lord to which his observa tions last night applied, he could only say, that if the Noble and Learned Lord had used the expressions attributed to him in the public reports, lie (Captain Pechell) was perfectly justified in what he said last night. He had seen only two reports of those observations, in the paper called the Times, and in the Morning Chronicle, and in these he saw nothing that he could complain of. The defence of his brother officers had been founded on a speech which he read in the news papers ; and if the Noble Lord made that speech, he (Captain P.) was justified in all that he said. He was not bred to the law—be was no special pleader. He telt that he was war ranted in the expressions which he had used last night, and if he had said anything improper, he had no doubt the Speaker would have called him to order.—( Hear.) The Noble Lord had given him (as we understood) notice that he would this evening make a motion in the other House at five o'clock. For his part he (Captain P.) had no apology to make.— ( Hear and a laugh.) Sir E. COD RINGTON had also received a letter from the Noble and Learned Lord—( Hear and laughter)—together with a pamphlet containing a report of the Noble Lord's speech, in which the expressions are much stronger and more offensive than those to which he ( Admiral C.) had alluded to last night. In this pamphlet, it was stated that the officers of her Majesty's navy upon the slave trade prevention service used to say when they saw a slaver empty—" let her pass, she is not heavy enough." The pamphlet did not say that at the time alluded to, they had not the power of taking such vessels when they had not slaves on board, and that they could not take them if they wished.—( Hear, hear.) The pamphlet also said that the officers of her Majesty's navy on this service ob tained head money, as the police officers have been convicted of obtaining blood money, by leading people into the commission of offences, and pouncing upon them in the fact, that they might obtain the reward for bringing them to punishment. The communication of the Noble and Learned Lord had not suggested to him anything which he saw reason to explain. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN presented a petition from Bever ley, praying for an improvement in the condition of the Negroes in the West Indian Islands ; also a petition from the females of the same place, to a similar effect. The Hon. Member also presented petitions from the parish of Knock.. needy in the county of Limerick, praying for Corporate Re form, the abolition of Tithes, and Vote by Ballot ; also two petitions from Pallass Green, in the same county, in favour of Corporate Reform, Short Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot. SODOR AND MAN. Petitions against the suppression of the Bishopric of Sodor and Man were presented by Sir George Sinclair and. Mr. Goulbourn. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition signed by 6,926 of the ladies of Exeter and its vicinity, praying for the immediate abolition of Negro Apprenticeship. Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT presented another petition to the saute effect. VOTE BY BALLOT. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the town of Brentford, numerously signed, in favour of the Ballot. The petitioners stated that they bad suffered much at former elections from the system of intimidation which was carried on, that they were unable to exercise the elective franchise, and they hoped the House woulii adopt some mode of protection for the voter, stating, o'c the same time, that the system of secret voting appeared '.o them best adapted to affect that object. Lord HENNIK ER presented a petition from Leicester, praying for an amendment in the present system of levying County Rates. Mr. JOHN PARKER presented a petition from Sheffield, praying for the immediate abolition of Negro Apprenticeship. Mr. 110DGE S presented a petition from several Post masters, praying that a corresponding duty might be placed upon steam carriages. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the freeholders of Chard, praying for the Vote by Ballot. Mr. FA Z AKERL Y brought up the Report at the Poor law Committee. STEAM ENGINES. Mr. MAC'KINNON, seeing the Presiderat of the Board of Trade in his place, wished to know whethi;r the Government would have any objecti,m to his moving for a Select Com mittee for the purpose of ascertaining *what improvements had been made on the steam-engine, and how far those improve ments were applicable to steam navigation. Mr. P. THONI SON said he thought the House ought to eol;sider well before they instituted Committees upon subjects of this deseription—scientific subjects, upon which the Mem bers of the House could not be supposed to be familiarly co►,versant, and upon the investigation of a Committee of that Ikuse would not lead io any satisfactory result. PILOTS. Mr. P. T vas understood to s a y th at a measure Iu answer I o from Mr. PEASE, t l oa m u s ec o m N ioi N i for the regulation of pilots would be probably introduced in the course of the Session. PIZIVILEGE—ROMAN CATHOLIC OATHS. BISHOP OF EXETER. The lion. Mr.. LANGDALE said he res 3 with great re..